| Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
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 View of the church | |
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| 51°56′31″N0°14′03″W / 51.94203°N 0.23414°W Coordinates: 51°56′31″N0°14′03″W / 51.94203°N 0.23414°W | |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
| Designated | 1968 [1] |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of St Albans |
St Mary's Church is an active Anglican church in Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]
In 1199, Reginald de Argentein, lord of the manor of Great Wymondley, brought a case against the Abbess of Elstow over the advowson of the chapel, as it then was. The Abbess claimed that the chapel was part of the possessions of the church at Hitchin, and had been granted to the Abbey by Judith of Lens, niece of William I. Richard lost the case. Although vicars were appointed to Great Wymondley from 1361, the church remained under Elstow Abbey until the Dissolution. [2]
The benefice is currently St Ippolyts with Great and Little Wymondley.
It has a Norman nave and chancel, the latter being an apse built of small rounded stones. [3] Only two other medieval churches in Hertfordshire retain an apse (St Leonard's Church, Bengeo and St John the Baptist's Church, Great Amwell), [4] but originally the church at Little Wymondley had an apsidal east end too. [5]
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Little Wymondley is a village situated between Hitchin and Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. Paradoxically, it has a larger population than its near neighbour Great Wymondley. At the 2011 Census the population of the built-up area of Little Wymondley was 995.
Great Wymondley is a village situated near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. Despite the names, Great Wymondley is a smaller settlement than its neighbour, Little Wymondley. It is in the civil parish of Wymondley.
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